UI UX Design

Prototyping is an effective approach to turn your ideas into a crowd-funding product, but it’s not easy to pick  the best prototyping tools  for your style, especially with all sorts of tools available on the current market. From my point of view, the foremost concern while choosing a prototyping tool is whether it fits perfectly into the design goals. In the following, I’ve made a list of prototyping tools recommended for 4 different design scenarios, with both free and premium tools included. Scenario 1 — Medium-to-Low Fidelity & Quick Mobile/Web App Generally, the medium-to-low fidelity refers to those prototypes with limited functionalities and interactions, applying to showcase the design ideas, scenarios and interface layouts as well. It helps a lot in the communication, presentation and report process. As far as I am concerned, the best tool for this scenario can showcase the entire flow of the app experience in a short period of time. Here I recommend two prot...

Have you ever spent half a month designing a high-fidelity prototype, but it was denied within a few minutes? So much time and energy have been spent but in vain. I have met similar things so many times. However, such tragedy can be totally averted: the rapid low-fidelity prototype is a wise choice in prototype design. 1. What is a high-fidelity prototype and a low-fidelity prototype? Low-fidelity prototype: it only focuses on functions, structures and processes; it only provides the most simple frameworks and elements; it generally does not provide color, butexpresses itself in grayscale. High-fidelity prototype: it provides more visual details; it is almost equivalent to a UI effect picture, and only needs to replace the actual data and materials in the development process. 2. Why make a low-fidelity prototype? In product development, the goal of a prototype is to express its ideas, functions and content, in order to get feedback and improve the product. The mo...

Most people especially those in the tech industry are familiar with prototyping or  prototyping tools  as an important approach for developing new products, and it has been mentioned as often as the User Experience. Prototyping is a way of testing concepts and ideas for new service and products, acting as a communication tool basically. Following, we will do the file format comparison of 6 commonly-used prototyping tools in 2017, covering both pluses and minuses. 1. Prototype File Format of Mockplus (.mp) As a relatively new player in the industry of prototyping tools,  Mockplus mainly focuses on the easier and faster prototyping. Its interaction is intuitive and highly-visualized, allowing designers at any level to make an interactive design with simple drag-and-drop. Also, a number of well-made components and icons can save you much time and headache. Advantages: A. It’s time-efficient and the best fit for those looking for a rich-featured tool with ...